Raccoon Emoji

Animals

A detailed illustration of a raccoon's face, shown head-on. It features the creature's signature black mask covering its eyes, pointy ears, and a patch of grey and white fur.

Usage Context

This emoji is frequently used to reference trash-dwelling habits, nocturnal mischief, or a 'trash panda' persona. It is a popular choice for jokes about staying up too late or scavengers, often paired with 🗑️ to drive home the association with garbage scavenging.

History

The raccoon was added to the Unicode standard in 2018 as part of Emoji 11.0. It was heavily requested by users who wanted a more accurate representation for North American wildlife beyond the standard 🦊 or 🐻 options.

Details

Glyph

🦝

Unicode

U+1F99D

Shortcode

:emoji_u1f99d:

HTML Entity

&#xD83E;&#xDD9D;

Specifications

Vendor Google

Category Animals

Subcategory animal-mammal

Unicode Version 6.0

Emoji Version 1.0

License CC-BY 4.0

Google Noto License

Emoji graphics by Twitter/X, licensed under CC-BY 4.0

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